⟨ is the Unicode character MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET, code point U+27E8 (decimal 10216) in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write ⟨, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9F A8.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+27E8 |
| Decimal | 10216 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9F A8 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 27E8 |
| UTF-32 | 000027E8 |
| HTML decimal | ⟨ |
| HTML hex | ⟨ |
| HTML named | ⟨ ⟨ ⟨ |
| CSS | \27E8 |
| JavaScript | \u27E8 |
| JSON | \u27E8 |
| Python | \u27E8 |
| Python by name | \N{MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET} |
| Java, C# | \u27E8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{27E8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u27E8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9F%A8 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET |
| Code point | U+27E8 (decimal 10216) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A (U+27C0–U+27EF) |
| General category | Ps: Opening punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | Yes |
| First in Unicode version | 3.2 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A
- ⟠ U+27E0 Lozenge Divided By Horizontal Rule
- ⟡ U+27E1 White Concave-Sided Diamond
- ⟢ U+27E2 White Concave-Sided Diamond With Leftwards Tick
- ⟣ U+27E3 White Concave-Sided Diamond With Rightwards Tick
- ⟤ U+27E4 White Square With Leftwards Tick
- ⟥ U+27E5 White Square With Rightwards Tick
- ⟦ U+27E6 Mathematical Left White Square Bracket
- ⟧ U+27E7 Mathematical Right White Square Bracket
- ⟩ U+27E9 Mathematical Right Angle Bracket
- ⟪ U+27EA Mathematical Left Double Angle Bracket
- ⟫ U+27EB Mathematical Right Double Angle Bracket
- ⟬ U+27EC Mathematical Left White Tortoise Shell Bracket
- ⟭ U+27ED Mathematical Right White Tortoise Shell Bracket
- ⟮ U+27EE Mathematical Left Flattened Parenthesis
- ⟯ U+27EF Mathematical Right Flattened Parenthesis
All 48 characters: Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⟨?
- Use the named entity ⟨, or ⟨ (decimal) or ⟨ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+27E8?
- E2 9F A8 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9F%A8.
- How do I write U+27E8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u27E8. Python: \u27E8.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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